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GENERAL
Nickname: Bulldogs
Colors: Red/Black
Coach: Jim Boyd
League: 3A District 1
Playoff Division: 3A
Playoff Division Rank: #27

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: 0.9
2014 National Rank: #7671
2014 State Rank: #97
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -1.7
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2015 Starting Power Rating: -0.8
2015 National Rank: #8020
2015 State Rank: #105
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 12.7
Dynasty National Rank: #4106
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 13.5
Dynasty Record: 72-50 (55-26 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 3-6
2014 League Record/Finish: 2-4 (tied for 5th)
2014 Points For Average: 25.2
2014 Points Against Average: 23.8
2014 Differential: +1.4
2014 Wins: #6710 Western Christian (Hull) (20-14), #7806 Spencer (18-15), #13271 Storm Lake (45-0)
2014 Losses: #1465 Sioux Center (14-6), #1694 Bishop Heelan Catholic (Sioux City) (34-20), #5351 Sergeant Bluff-Luton (Sergeant Bluff) (48-36), #6328 Rock Valley/Boyden-Hull (Rock Valley) (28-27), #7206 MOC-Floyd Valley (Orange City) (23-21), #11015 Denison-Schleswig (Denison) (38-34)
2014 Opponents W-L: 54-44
Recent League Championships: 2012 (tied for 1st; 3A District 2), 2006, 2005 (tied for 1st), 2003
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 8/28 at MOC-Floyd Valley (Orange City), 9/4 Western Christian (Hull), 9/11 at Storm Lake, 9/18 Sioux Center, 9/25 Denison-Schleswig (Denison), 10/2 at Spencer, 10/9 Sergeant Bluff-Luton (Sergeant Bluff), 10/16 at Rock Valley/Boyden-Hull (Rock Valley), 10/23 Bishop Heelan Catholic (Sioux City)
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Bishop Heelan Catholic (Sioux City) (29), Sioux Center (24.8), Sergeant Bluff-Luton (Sergeant Bluff) (15)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Storm Lake (-26.9), Denison-Schleswig (Denison) (-15.8), Spencer (-11.2)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 5.1
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 3.3
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: -1.8
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #41
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6834
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-5
2015 Projected League Finish: 4th
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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